Michael Cavlan on SenateMatch

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VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (+5 points on Social scale)	Supports funding for morning-after pill: Strongly Favors topic 1 Supports stem cell research: Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Equal hiring & equal pay for women & minorities: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (+5 points on Social scale)	Supports gay marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3
Favors topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (-3 points on Social scale)	Supports teaching values in public schools: Favors topic 4
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Death Penalty (+5 points on Social scale)	Death penalty is flawed and doesn’t teach nonviolence: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Opposes topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (+2 points on Social scale)	No justice in incarcerating minor criminals for life: Opposes topic 9
Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-3 points on Economic scale)	Gun ownership is a Constitutional right, but with limits: Opposes topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (-5 points on Economic scale)	Take corporations out of health care: Favors topic 5 Institute single payer health care: Strongly Favors topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-5 points on Economic scale)	Completely opposed to privatization: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (-5 points on Economic scale)	Vouchers were invented to privatize education: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (-5 points on Economic scale)	Need a Manhattan Project for alternative energy: Strongly Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (+5 points on Social scale)	War on Drugs is really war on the poor and minorities: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (-5 points on Economic scale)	Churches don’t serve all; so let government run welfare: Strongly Opposes topic 20
Strongly Favors topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (-5 points on Economic scale)	Make wealthy corporations in pay their fair share: Strongly Favors topic 11
Favors topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (+2 points on Social scale)	All who work in US should have path to citizenship: Favors topic 12
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-5 points on Economic scale)	NAFTA & GATT are racing to the bottom: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Strongly Opposes topic 15: Expand the armed forces (+5 points on Social scale)	Transfer military funding to veterans’ benefits: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Dealing with terrorism militarily is counter-productive: Opposes topic 15 War in Iraq is brutal, immoral, racist, and corporate: Opposes topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (-5 points on Economic scale)	Limit amounts and sources of campaign donations: Strongly Favors topic 16
Strongly Favors topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (+5 points on Social scale)	Patriot Act is simply a means to control the people: Strongly Favors topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 17: US out of Iraq (+5 points on Social scale)	US military in Iraq is merely causing more dissension: Strongly Favors topic 17